The document discusses the pros and cons of keeping animals in zoos. It presents arguments for and against zoos from various experts. The main points are:
1) Zoos can educate the public about conservation if they focus on education and research into animal welfare. However, animals in zoos may not have their natural needs for space, activities, and social behaviors met.
2) Seeing animals up close can build empathy in visitors, but the best environment for animals' well-being is their natural habitat, not captivity in small enclosures.
3) Zoos need to design spaces according to each species' needs to avoid harming animal health, but recreating natural habitats fully is very
The document discusses the pros and cons of keeping animals in zoos. It presents arguments for and against zoos from various experts. The main points are:
1) Zoos can educate the public about conservation if they focus on education and research into animal welfare. However, animals in zoos may not have their natural needs for space, activities, and social behaviors met.
2) Seeing animals up close can build empathy in visitors, but the best environment for animals' well-being is their natural habitat, not captivity in small enclosures.
3) Zoos need to design spaces according to each species' needs to avoid harming animal health, but recreating natural habitats fully is very
The document discusses the pros and cons of keeping animals in zoos. It presents arguments for and against zoos from various experts. The main points are:
1) Zoos can educate the public about conservation if they focus on education and research into animal welfare. However, animals in zoos may not have their natural needs for space, activities, and social behaviors met.
2) Seeing animals up close can build empathy in visitors, but the best environment for animals' well-being is their natural habitat, not captivity in small enclosures.
3) Zoos need to design spaces according to each species' needs to avoid harming animal health, but recreating natural habitats fully is very
for kids, young people and adults to learn and be educated about the animals. EVIDENCE According to Nabila Aziz who is a developer for the International Species Information System (the world's online wild animal database). “A study made in the year of 2007 states that conservation and education are key elements in the mission statements of zoos.” IMPACT (explicar/ejemplo) This means that a zoo is a way to educate in the most realistic possible way, we are looking and learning from animals that we see with our very own eyes. For example tigers, their colors make them stand out and we can only really appreciate this when we see them face to face.
CLAIM: Being close to animals allows people to
better understand their necessities, we become empathic with these living things. EVIDENCE According to: Annika Brinkley from the Western Washington University ”EBE (Empathy-Based Education) encourages compassion and emotional connection to animals by having the visitor take the place of an animal and encouraging them to relate to what the animal experiences. This connection causes people to care about animals for moral reasons, and therefore motivates them to take ethical action to protect them.” IMPACT The best way to understand someone is by being on their place or on their shoes, being closer to animals and understand how they live help us as humans so that we related to animals. If we get close into a raccoon's cage, we can understand him and take care of him, next time we see a raccoon we won't want to kill him or harm him.
CLAIM: Successful zoos are places who have
animals in spaces that go according to their necessities and their wellbeing. EVIDENCE: According to Nabila Azis blog: The conservation Mission of Zoos “conservation research is conducted on wildlife biology, population dynamics, animal behavior, health and welfare and there are also publications generated by zoos on animal care and captivity.” IMPACT Zoos need to be conserved because the research made there helps to protect animals' health and wellbeing. Zoos do not have use animals to entertain, like places that use dolphins doing tricks
NEGATIVE REBUTTAL
CLAIM: The animals are living beings that are not in
the world to entertain but they need a free and healthy life outside a zoo. WARRANT: According to ADDA (Asociación defensa derechos animales) “Zoos are captivity and entertainment centers where collections of wild animals are exhibited in solitary, often in solitary confinement, with the main aim of satisfying the curiosity of visitors. IMPACT Animals should not be a form of entertainment because they are living beings, people need to find another form of entertainment. Animals suffer a lot in zoos, most animals suffer mental issues due to the frustrations of being alone in small places.
CLAIM: A zoo becomes a dangerous place if the place
is not designed according to the animal’s necessities. WARRANT: According to the Born Free Foundation from England, “Animals are adapted to specific natural environments and to exhibit particular behaviors. Being born in captivity does not remove their inherent instincts and needs.” IMPACT: This means that the reality of animals in a zoo is not natural, for example: birds may get no opportunity to fly in zoos; they may not even experience the sky overhead.Mammals may not be able to climb or run.
CLAIM: Animals should not live in such small places,
this can damage their health. WARRANT: According to the Born Free Foundation from England, “zoos can never recreate the complex environment that animals have evolved to encounter in the wild and many animals suffer in captivity as a result.” IMPACT Animals need a proper place to live, the conditions in which they need to live are usually not met by the zoos, animals can change their behavior and their reactions based on this. An animal who is locked in a small space will start acting different, like we did when we were in lockdown during the pandemic.